Richardson v. Detroit & Mackinac Railway Co.

This is an action on the case brought by the administrator of the estate of Edith I. Barhite, deceased, against the defendant to recover damages under sections 6308 and 6309, 2 Comp. Laws (3 How. Stat. [2d Ed.] §§ 6663 and 6664). It is alleged that plaintiff’s decedent met her death through the negligence of the defendant in the operation of one of its trains. From a judgment in favor of the plaintiff rendered in the circuit court for the county of Arenac, the case is brought to this court for review upon writ of error.

The plaintiff’s intestate was an unmarried woman 37 years old at the time…